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In this day and age where we’re all trying to eat healthy, one of the biggest detriments in our mission to achieve a vitamin filled diet and a smaller waistline is one simple thing.
 
Time and money.
 
Working long hours and getting home at 6pm in the evening (as many working families tend to) leads to quite a few nights of ordering pizza, getting takeout, etc. along with purchasing microwavable dinners.  This is one of the main reasons why many of us are overweight, and why losing weight has become so difficult.  It’s just seems to difficult to have to get home, change, and then prepare a healthy meal for our families.
 
Thanks to Miele, not anymore.
 
The DG4080 has taken all the guesswork out of preparing healthy foods and is far and away one of the most revolutionary products I have ever seen.  I have personally been through quite a few demonstrations with this product and eaten quite a few meals that are made in it, and over the course of this website I will explain to you and give you examples that will hopefully lead you to want to own this product. 
 
The hefty price tag (approximately $2500) this unit has is a turnoff for customers and salespeople alike who are unfamiliar with the wonders that this item possesses.  Walk into most retail appliance showrooms and you’ll have no idea what this item can do because many of them don’t have it hooked up.  You can see it, you can touch it, but unless you can see how it works you can’t appreciate what a difference it will make in the way you prepare your meals.
 
Did I mention that you can eat a healthy meal in around 10-minutes?
 
While I know you’re excited to get started, we’ll talk about the tangible uses for this item in another entry.  In the meantime let me let me start by telling you a bit about what it comes with and how it operates.  
 
To get started we’ll discuss the installation of this product.  It’s a 24-inch wide electric appliance which is set up to be built-in, and does required a dedicated 240V line, which may be difficult if you’re installing it into an existing kitchen and don’t readily have access to your junction box.  However, I highly reccomend having a qualified electrician carefully read the installation instructions and review the electrical requirements for this item when running the electrical line to the location of where you’re installing this product.  I would say that the vast majority of service calls I have seen for this product have involved problems with the incoming line with not enough power, or a similar electrical issue.  There’s nothing worse to have a technician come to your home to service a product, only to find out that the problem was caused by an incorrect installation.  For best results it’s recommended that you hire a factory authorized Miele technician for the installation of this product for two reasons:  The first being that they will check to make sure that all the requirements are meant to ensure the proper functionality of this oven.   The second reason is that by having an authorized Miele installer will also add an additional warranty to your product as well.
 
One benefit to this product is it doesn’t need to be installed near a water source, as it has it’s own water reservoir which you’ll fill each time you wish to use it, and you’ll also need to simply empty it when you’re finished.
 
The unit comes with 3 perforated stainless steel pans, 1 solid stainless steel drip pan, and 1 stainless steel wire rack.  These pans are what you will use when preparing food inside this oven, and you can order additional ones from Miele once you get comfortable with the function of this product and begin making your own recipes in this oven.
 
The functionality of this unit is very simple.  Like their wall ovens, Miele has incorporated their “Masterchef” food menu system, which makes using this product unbelievably simple.  All you do is simply select the type of food you wish to cook, and the unit sets itself automatically to your preferences.
 
One interesting thing about this unit is that for vegetables the cooking time is exactly the same, regardless of whether or not they are fresh or frozen.  All you do is select the “desired tenderness” (how crispy or soft you’d like them to be) and the unit adjusts the time accordingly.
 
Once you get comfortable with this unit you’ll also notice that you’re able to cook multiple types of food at the same time with no crossover of flavors.  In other words, if you’re cooking carrots and broccoli (provided they’re being cooked in separate trays), the carrots won’t taste like broccoli and the broccoli won’t taste like carrots.  This is because the unit is a “convection” steam oven, which prevents this from happening.
 
Now that we’ve got you started, the next entry will outline some examples of how you can make some healthy meals in a short period of time for your family.